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and it's interesting because barack obama will be remembered as america's first black president. but in terms of how we think about race, he introduces a lot of things. he's also urban although he came from hawaii. he is someone who makings us think about identity also not just race. >> the race relations in this country change and so we were able to elect barack obama. when i was a kid it was a binary thing, it was blacks and whites. now we have a whole array of different races who are in play in this country. you see interracial couples of every imaginable sort. the white right-wing fringe. there's that kind of stupid stuff. are polls show whites more pessimistic. blacks are more optimistic. there's a shift. and we're talking about blue collar whites. there's a class difference and educational difference. chris: has things changed? >> gosh i i think in some way people who were predisposed towards a racial nation are more so. and those people who are probably not so inclined have become more entrenched in what we identify as racial bias. but for the most part i would think that
and it's interesting because barack obama will be remembered as america's first black president. but in terms of how we think about race, he introduces a lot of things. he's also urban although he came from hawaii. he is someone who makings us think about identity also not just race. >> the race relations in this country change and so we were able to elect barack obama. when i was a kid it was a binary thing, it was blacks and whites. now we have a whole array of different races who are...
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>> i any obama say positive, optimistic guy. he fundamentally wants the american people to believe and feel like they are part of this lurching, beautiful democracy that we are all moving forward and that's very much how he's going to move forward the next few years. chris: do they think they can win this thing? >> they absolutely do. they're feeling very possive. chris: department the -- despite the numbers he's getting? >> yes. he made speeches to democratic partisan fundraisers this year. he did not go on the attack. he did not do the usual campaign style. chris: are they happy with the outlook for the candidates? can they beat the field they're looking at this year? >> one thing, well, they're extraordinarily concerned about the economy and the things going on in the middle east that could cause a spike in oil prices that could make it impossible for him to win. but the other is they say you have got to be kidding, our guy has so much more talent in his little finger than any of these and he will run them over. chris: there'
>> i any obama say positive, optimistic guy. he fundamentally wants the american people to believe and feel like they are part of this lurching, beautiful democracy that we are all moving forward and that's very much how he's going to move forward the next few years. chris: do they think they can win this thing? >> they absolutely do. they're feeling very possive. chris: department the -- despite the numbers he's getting? >> yes. he made speeches to democratic partisan...
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that's right, president barack obama is here. welcome to chapel hill, everybody. >> steve: from the university of north carolina at chapel hill, the national broadcasting company presents "late night with jimmy fallon." tonight's guest is, president of the united states barack obama. musical guest dave matthews. and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is, jimmy fallon! >> jimmy: how's everyone doin' tonight? ♪ how are you guys doing? welcome to late night with jimmy fallon. i'm so excited. tonight on the show we have the president of the united states, barack obama. unfortunately, though, a lot of people aren't able to get tickets, that includes students, professors, joe biden. it was a very hot ticket. we also have dave matthews performing tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> and he -- he wasn't originally the musical guest, but we had a last minute cancellation by the tupac hologram, so -- [ laughter ] >> this is pretty awesome, the graduation here at unc chapel hill is 19 days away. [ cheers and applause ] >> so i
that's right, president barack obama is here. welcome to chapel hill, everybody. >> steve: from the university of north carolina at chapel hill, the national broadcasting company presents "late night with jimmy fallon." tonight's guest is, president of the united states barack obama. musical guest dave matthews. and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is, jimmy fallon! >> jimmy: how's everyone doin' tonight? ♪ how are you guys doing? welcome to late night...
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chris: the divorce papers platform. >> obama learned this. chris: jerry brown learned it. >> it got him in so much trouble. it wasn't that you were likable enough or an angry jab, it was a condescending jab. it got him in so much trouble. it's a toxic place to go with her, you're right. anyone who does that does it at their peril. chris: it takes a sophisticated opponent. >> it does. chris: i want to ask something that is really important now, predictions, put away predictions. how about some advice now. howard, i know you're not an visor, if you were advising hillary clinton today, what would be the right use of 2013, the next foreseeable future months? >> well, building off what kelly and joe said, to emphasize her connection and the clinton connection with average working people, it's no accident that pennsylvania is what energized her. that's where the working class still is. chris: and where you and i come from. >> where you and i come from. i know that is what she has to do. don't trapes around the world, trapes through middle america a
chris: the divorce papers platform. >> obama learned this. chris: jerry brown learned it. >> it got him in so much trouble. it wasn't that you were likable enough or an angry jab, it was a condescending jab. it got him in so much trouble. it's a toxic place to go with her, you're right. anyone who does that does it at their peril. chris: it takes a sophisticated opponent. >> it does. chris: i want to ask something that is really important now, predictions, put away...
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that's right, president barack obama is here. welcome to chapel hill, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from the university of north carolina at chapel hill the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guest is -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. thank you for having us. thank you, everyone. thank you for having us. how are you guys doing? unc chapel hill, how you doing? [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." holy crap edition. [ cheers and applause ] i am so excited. this is unbelievable. tonight on the show, we have the president of the united states, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] unfortunately, though, a lot of people weren't able to get tickets, and that includes students, professors, joe biden. [ laughter ] a lot of people couldn't get in. a very hot ticket. we also
that's right, president barack obama is here. welcome to chapel hill, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from the university of north carolina at chapel hill the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guest is -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. thank you...
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and down just one to obama in nevada. all states obama carried in 2008, which brings us this this week's huge question -- should the republicans nominate romney? dan rather, is he their best bet? >> at this moment probably. he's probably the best bet. he's not the inevitable candidate but he's certainly in the best position right now. if i were a betting man, which i am not, i would say dead even, slight edge to him, not just for the nomination but also in the election. >> i agree. he can be whatever they want him to be. i wish it was huntsman, frankly. only one who showed any compromise around debt but i think it will be romney. >> republicans want somebody electable. right now it looks like mitt romney is the most electable. but i remember when hillary clinton was inevitable, so -- are chris: we're not ask that. we're asking the bet best. >> right now he looks like it. >> the man by default. wall street and business likes him. chris: i think he's a good bet because he can be what he has to be, as you said. he can adapt
and down just one to obama in nevada. all states obama carried in 2008, which brings us this this week's huge question -- should the republicans nominate romney? dan rather, is he their best bet? >> at this moment probably. he's probably the best bet. he's not the inevitable candidate but he's certainly in the best position right now. if i were a betting man, which i am not, i would say dead even, slight edge to him, not just for the nomination but also in the election. >> i agree....
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as you can see there, barack obama is way you. there is a new development which brings us to this big question. with all the because news out there, why is the president doing so well in the swing states? dan? >> i think the debates hurt the republicans ooh greel. they felt they could attack one another. for most people we crossed the birth control issue along time ago. the biggest thing is economy. but the economic indicators more than anything else that's what we're flexing it. there are so many polls out there. >> there is no clear nominee yet. there will be soon. but it reflects romney will likely be the nominee. he has made a clear and compelling case. chris: no vision, thing. >> not yet making a case for why she should be in if man in the oval office. i think the only thing i could add with that is that last week, i left my house with um brala and rubber boots. chris: what was the cause? >> it was leather. chris: anyway, thank you. >> i cast my vote with dan rather. chris: thanks for a great round table, of course, kathline
as you can see there, barack obama is way you. there is a new development which brings us to this big question. with all the because news out there, why is the president doing so well in the swing states? dan? >> i think the debates hurt the republicans ooh greel. they felt they could attack one another. for most people we crossed the birth control issue along time ago. the biggest thing is economy. but the economic indicators more than anything else that's what we're flexing it. there...
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obama is a big variable -- iran is the big variable on foreign policy for obama. chris: i wonder about ironclad commitments like that one on nuclear iran, before you're elected make sure they don't have a political weapon. >> much easier for him to do. chris: helps him now but maybe a problem if he gets elected. that's the show. thanks for watching. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you here next week.
obama is a big variable -- iran is the big variable on foreign policy for obama. chris: i wonder about ironclad commitments like that one on nuclear iran, before you're elected make sure they don't have a political weapon. >> much easier for him to do. chris: helps him now but maybe a problem if he gets elected. that's the show. thanks for watching. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you here next week.
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could she beat barack obama. today he would beat her 48-40 although he would be edged out by other republicans. republicans are -- independents are not favorable to her. second question, could she get the thick skin all professionalals need? could she stop responding to every criticism? will she study up? when she quit the governor's job, she was going to learn policy. it seems to be on her to do list. john, to use your phrase, is 41 a game change? not to be a public figure, celebrity. is she going to change her act? >> i think the answer is yes and no. what we have seen already in the last couple of weeks when she gave an interview at the "new york times" magazine, she said, i know i'll have to change things. we seen her no substance try to gain bonus. the quantitative easing program. that was outside her bayliwick where she was tening outside that and showing policy muscle. what she won't change on is she won't try to become something she's not. shevbelies there's a different way to run for president. she doesn
could she beat barack obama. today he would beat her 48-40 although he would be edged out by other republicans. republicans are -- independents are not favorable to her. second question, could she get the thick skin all professionalals need? could she stop responding to every criticism? will she study up? when she quit the governor's job, she was going to learn policy. it seems to be on her to do list. john, to use your phrase, is 41 a game change? not to be a public figure, celebrity. is she...
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and how did barack obama? chris: every african-american i know has come up to me in the last couple of weeks and said something about this guy trump. >> i got stopped at a train station the other way. chris: there were suspicions about some people. >> this was the 2008 campaign we were afraid was going to happen. all this innuendo, the racial coding, the questioning. what's this college application all about? it's about did he take the place of a more deserving white kid? that's the subtle undertone. this is the ugly campaign. trump is going to get out of this in june once his celebrity apprentice is over and he'll leave all this rubble around for everyone else to pick up. in the meantime there's a lot of anger directed back now in obama's favor because of this humiliation that the office of the presidency has been put through. >> trump put hirms in the same conversation with barack obama in a split screen. there aren't enough real estate deals in the world to give him that moment. so a lot of this was purely
and how did barack obama? chris: every african-american i know has come up to me in the last couple of weeks and said something about this guy trump. >> i got stopped at a train station the other way. chris: there were suspicions about some people. >> this was the 2008 campaign we were afraid was going to happen. all this innuendo, the racial coding, the questioning. what's this college application all about? it's about did he take the place of a more deserving white kid? that's the...
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barack obama is going to town on -- and taking a page from ronald reagan's second term. and for a man called the great communicator it was historic tax reform. for obama, real steps toward gun safety. and the hegel hearing reminded some of the first debate. and finally, super bowl sunday. i've got some new rules. i'm -- i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, howard fineman, the bbc's katrina, annie lowrey and michael duffy. first up, barack obama sees a path to history on guns and immigration at this point two weeks into his second term. this is when he's strongest and he's taking his case to the country over the heads of washington. in rean'
barack obama is going to town on -- and taking a page from ronald reagan's second term. and for a man called the great communicator it was historic tax reform. for obama, real steps toward gun safety. and the hegel hearing reminded some of the first debate. and finally, super bowl sunday. i've got some new rules. i'm -- i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, howard fineman, the bbc's katrina, annie lowrey and michael duffy. first up, barack obama sees a path to history on guns...
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chris: with obama? >> no, no, no, with obama or democrats. >> widely circulated report that hillary clinton had told a magazine that one of her former aides that women not having it all. that she was the catcher in the rye read by the interviewers teenage daughter. so it was completely out of context. >> oh, my goodness, why. you know, justice scalia took off hunting, guess with who? >> elena kagan. >> you knew. >> in republican circles is where they should throw a hail mary pass in michigan or pennsylvania. romney doesn't really want to but a lot of the super pac groups do. they want to make pennsylvania competitive. >> i've been thinking about that a long time. the big question this week, they have a debate victory bind them. the big question this week, they have a debate victory bind them. who chris: welcome back. they each won a debate. but the third one and that's this week's big question, who has the most at stake? >> the president. he has to be commanding and in charge of american foreign policy
chris: with obama? >> no, no, no, with obama or democrats. >> widely circulated report that hillary clinton had told a magazine that one of her former aides that women not having it all. that she was the catcher in the rye read by the interviewers teenage daughter. so it was completely out of context. >> oh, my goodness, why. you know, justice scalia took off hunting, guess with who? >> elena kagan. >> you knew. >> in republican circles is where they should...
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also, in the case of barack obama, if barack obama is merely attacking romney, it's going to look like barack obama is clanging the subject. that then also helps mitt romney. chris: amazing what the public is hearing from everybody here is -- which is like the guy likes -- looks like he might win. cool it a billionth. -- little bit. >> i disagree. i think if restarts to develop a lead it's going to get tougher. >> i think the media will hold him to account. who is this guy? what about his past? what his he done? chris: hollywood is beginning with the classic woodward and bernstein story "all the president's men" and then there's the horse of a different color. forrest gump. >> a few months later they invited me and the team to visit the white house. so i went, again. and i met the president of the united states again. only this time they didn't get it rooms in a real fancy hotel. >> so are you enjoying yourself in our nation's capital, young man? >> yes, sir. >> well, where are you sare -- saying? >> it's called the hotel abbott. >> oh, no, i know a much nicer hotel. it's new and very
also, in the case of barack obama, if barack obama is merely attacking romney, it's going to look like barack obama is clanging the subject. that then also helps mitt romney. chris: amazing what the public is hearing from everybody here is -- which is like the guy likes -- looks like he might win. cool it a billionth. -- little bit. >> i disagree. i think if restarts to develop a lead it's going to get tougher. >> i think the media will hold him to account. who is this guy? what...
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ever since obama was inaugurated. but at the same time i'm going to be interested to see how these candidates, who are playing so far to the base, are going to be able to walk that line when the general comes anded a ath the end of the day this country is not that far to the right. you're still going to have to be able to -- chris: most voters are women. >> as a woman watching it it is sort of fem that we're having interest this debate. you mention the 1950's. every now and again there are times where it seems to me that america is slightly on a different page from the rest of the world. usually it's been over the middle east. but this time i've been watching some of the debates this -- recently, and it really has been this idea that we're having a 1950's debate? seriously? about access to birth control, when america faces huge challenges, the rice of china, unemployment, the potential for a global recession. we're talking about access to birth control? that's not what voters want to hear about. i think that's the di
ever since obama was inaugurated. but at the same time i'm going to be interested to see how these candidates, who are playing so far to the base, are going to be able to walk that line when the general comes anded a ath the end of the day this country is not that far to the right. you're still going to have to be able to -- chris: most voters are women. >> as a woman watching it it is sort of fem that we're having interest this debate. you mention the 1950's. every now and again there...
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romney is going to be a formidable candidate against obama and obama fields -- feels that already which is why he's declared class warfare and it's absolutely true and it may be his only option because if you look at the polls, the intensity polls that show the enthusiasm of the voters heading into 2012, republicans are off the map compared to democrats so all obama can do to get his base animate side to declare war on the privileged. chris: the republicans can't wait to get rid of obama, right? >> that's right, they cannot wait. democrats are so disappointed, and at this point, they're a little reluctant to get behind him but that's why he's saying, now, he's taking a big chance. >> but it can't be frontal class warfare. chris: it is, though. >> it's got to to be the growthe want is the growth we can all share because barack obama himself is not the embodiment of the populist, you know. he's thoughtful, he's kind of -- he's just not. chris: he's a little better than that, maybe. what's happening with the jobs thing? he's on the road every day, you turn on the tube, obama's out some tal
romney is going to be a formidable candidate against obama and obama fields -- feels that already which is why he's declared class warfare and it's absolutely true and it may be his only option because if you look at the polls, the intensity polls that show the enthusiasm of the voters heading into 2012, republicans are off the map compared to democrats so all obama can do to get his base animate side to declare war on the privileged. chris: the republicans can't wait to get rid of obama,...
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hear how sean hannity greeted the obama victory in november -- >> america wanted barack obama for four more years, and now we have him. by the way, good luck with that. chris: that was a bit sarcastic. today as the president take the oath, the new nbc wall street poll traces a geographic divide. 60% of americans who live in cities say they like the president personally, and like his policies. in the suburbs 43% like him and his policies. but in rural areas it's just 27%. and that's what you see playing out in congress. also inside the poll 6-10 strong republicans dislike the president personally as well as his policies. joe, there's a deep groove of resistance out there, and i guess the question is, how does the first term look, when you look back on it, compared to how it's looking? >> he's going to drive them completely crazy, those 60% of hrps in this term. and the reason for it is that there's an enormous story that we're missing, and that is we have had two important votes in the last three weeks. one was on sandy, the other was on raising taxes. in both cases obama had a bipartis
hear how sean hannity greeted the obama victory in november -- >> america wanted barack obama for four more years, and now we have him. by the way, good luck with that. chris: that was a bit sarcastic. today as the president take the oath, the new nbc wall street poll traces a geographic divide. 60% of americans who live in cities say they like the president personally, and like his policies. in the suburbs 43% like him and his policies. but in rural areas it's just 27%. and that's what...
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chris: it about the president, barack obama hussein obama. we elected him we must not be anti-islamic. >> he had a high approval rating, that dwindled. they were just as white, but the approval declined. >> there has always been a segment of the american population that felt barack obama has felt that he's like them. they feel, they're not represented by the person that they have in office. chris: part of the ignition of the anger, the bern? >> he's there, he's something that could be the spark and flame. i think -- chris: the war with islam has made it some people -- made it okay for some people to slam is lambs. -- islam. during world war ii, the japanese. and in 1992, a movie about american p.o.w.'s on trial in japan. you'll catch the drift. >> [uninlligible] >> what do you think of general mcarthur now. >> don't be too disappointed, you'll meet him again. >> you approve of his actions? >> wholeheartedly. it was realistic. >> i think s tooo. it is a wise man that knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. chris: some people don't think
chris: it about the president, barack obama hussein obama. we elected him we must not be anti-islamic. >> he had a high approval rating, that dwindled. they were just as white, but the approval declined. >> there has always been a segment of the american population that felt barack obama has felt that he's like them. they feel, they're not represented by the person that they have in office. chris: part of the ignition of the anger, the bern? >> he's there, he's something that...
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th the obama campaign is not going to run an obama campaign. they're going to run a romney campaign. the romney guys are going to go after obama saying what are the accomplishments? promised these jobs, they're not here. we have a health care plan that two-thirds of the country doesn't like on life support in front much the supreme court. there's no obama story. both campaigns want to make it a referendum on the other guy. >> the next three months, i would divide this up in three-month chunks. you have your preconvention chunk here. this time it was this issue. there will be more, mark my words. but once the convention comes, going to mike's point, the resetting the biographies, trying to make the sale, the actual issue debate will take place into that 60-day spread in the fall. but to watch -- when we were talking about that cover, this is going to be the most negative campaign i think we've seen in presidential politics, maybe more so than '04. and '04 was pretty nasty. maybe more so than '96 and '96 was nasty. by the way, it will lead to a l
th the obama campaign is not going to run an obama campaign. they're going to run a romney campaign. the romney guys are going to go after obama saying what are the accomplishments? promised these jobs, they're not here. we have a health care plan that two-thirds of the country doesn't like on life support in front much the supreme court. there's no obama story. both campaigns want to make it a referendum on the other guy. >> the next three months, i would divide this up in three-month...
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so when barack obama moves the statue of winston chump church hill it's all over the front pages, we hate it. and it suggests to us we've moved into an era in which america might be looking beyond britain's shores. there's a closer relationship in some ways with -- when it comes to policy, with other countries. chris: i really think -- >> i think kathy has a point. you mentioned the word with marriage earlier. the special relationship is like an arranged mearnl marriage. it needs genuine love. we had the love between tony wlare and george w. bush. it was perhaps a bit of a fatal attraction. we didn't have the love between bush's father and john major. but we have the love between reagan and thatcher. so there needs to be genuine affection. the chemistry at the top needs to work for everything else to click in. otherwise the point about schizophrenia is right. we tend to swing fromed alation to revulsion. chris: revulsion, ok. just to correct one thing, i think that tony blair was much closer emotionally and politically to bill clinton, that's what i thought. >> no. and that surprised
so when barack obama moves the statue of winston chump church hill it's all over the front pages, we hate it. and it suggests to us we've moved into an era in which america might be looking beyond britain's shores. there's a closer relationship in some ways with -- when it comes to policy, with other countries. chris: i really think -- >> i think kathy has a point. you mentioned the word with marriage earlier. the special relationship is like an arranged mearnl marriage. it needs genuine...
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>> this is a good dynamic for barack obama. after republicans control the house now gives him a foil. we saw it before last year when he went and met with republicans -- chris: meaning what? >> he can fight with them. he can show fire in a way that he has not shown it. chris: wait a minute. what does that do to get something done? >> you're talking about trying to build up publicpouprt for these things. i disagree that the fiscal commission -- it was much more successful with that. i totally disagree that the momentum is not there on capitol hill. the problem that both parties have to do is the only way to get it done is not necessarily work together. they have shown they can do that. parties have to so anger their bases to get to where they need to be. that is the equation. chris: is there a possible grand storm of possibility where the president says to the tea party people, you know, i have been listening to you people out there. yo u have got some good arguments. >> i do think people with paul ryan and john boehner. they wa
>> this is a good dynamic for barack obama. after republicans control the house now gives him a foil. we saw it before last year when he went and met with republicans -- chris: meaning what? >> he can fight with them. he can show fire in a way that he has not shown it. chris: wait a minute. what does that do to get something done? >> you're talking about trying to build up publicpouprt for these things. i disagree that the fiscal commission -- it was much more successful with...
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when he won last time barack obama got 43% of white voters. in this week's wall street journal poll he got 40%. whites it -- have tipped dramatic throy romney. 42% said they would be pessimistic abandon worried if probe was re-elected but only 22% said they would be if romney won the what's going on? had >> barack obama did not get a big majority of white voters last time and he's not going to get it this time. his main problem is white men. he's running closer to 34%, 35%. he's losing white men both under age 50 and if ne make less than $50,000 a year and it's very hard to imagine he's going to get more than i got last time the chris: is it about jobs, unemployment, more? >> he hasn't made a clear case to those voters about why he deserves a second term. that's what the next six months are going to be about. chris: i thought most of us know that the candidates that win tentd to be the optimistic, sunny ones. does romney represent that to people? >> no. not right now. some of the most striking poll numbers have been the romney numbers on gener
when he won last time barack obama got 43% of white voters. in this week's wall street journal poll he got 40%. whites it -- have tipped dramatic throy romney. 42% said they would be pessimistic abandon worried if probe was re-elected but only 22% said they would be if romney won the what's going on? had >> barack obama did not get a big majority of white voters last time and he's not going to get it this time. his main problem is white men. he's running closer to 34%, 35%. he's losing...
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she's watched barack obama. i think in her mind she's saying he's done some good things but there are things i would have done much, much better. chris: does she say that? >> she thinks that. and if it's possible to work out a deal to gate on -- get on the ticket absolutely, she would take it in a second. chris: how do you explain no sign of political life or interest, yet you say she has political ambition. >> i think she's done a great job and served the administration well. chris: but what about political interest? >> well, not to be machiavelliian about it but that actually does serve her interests. this is obviously a summertime distraction. i don't believe that right now there is active consideration in the white house but i do think there is a case for it and the case goes what does barack obama need to do to win in 2012? right now with a, an approval rating among white voters in the mid-30's -- chris: well -- >> having bill clinton or hillary clinton on the ticket would be a huge advantage with the voter
she's watched barack obama. i think in her mind she's saying he's done some good things but there are things i would have done much, much better. chris: does she say that? >> she thinks that. and if it's possible to work out a deal to gate on -- get on the ticket absolutely, she would take it in a second. chris: how do you explain no sign of political life or interest, yet you say she has political ambition. >> i think she's done a great job and served the administration well....
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what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three skenl elements in the anatomy of the obama electorate. in the 2008 exit polls, obama got 66% of voters under 30. now he has just 56% of the under 30's. good? maybe not good enough. another key in the anatomy, suburban voters. any 08 exit polls, 50% of suburbanites went for obama. now he's down to 141%. final will laveragee pin in the obama win n '08 he had 52% of independents. now he has just 43% of independents. john, you wrote game changer about how he did it last time. how do they put, the geniuses out there in chicago and washington, humenty dumpty together again? >> they will be happy to hear you calling them geniuses for sure. the place to start this conversation is with the fact there is i think a widespread agreement in the obama world that the election that's about to happen is going t
what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three skenl elements in the anatomy of the obama electorate. in the 2008 exit polls, obama got 66% of voters under 30. now he has just 56% of the under 30's. good? maybe not good enough. another key in the anatomy, suburban voters. any 08 exit polls, 50% of...
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barack and michelle obama. that's right, the first black president has followed in the footsteps of previous presidents known for their elite education, significant personal worth and preppy trappings. franklin dell nor roosevelt, john kennedy and both jorgee bushes. he went to columbia. she went to princeton and both went to harvard law. for the second year in a row they've summered at martha's vineyard. they have that was pi sartorial style under control. barack obama with the jacket over his shoulder and michelle has made the eternally preppy j. crew label a major part of her wardbe. even beau is preppy. what's next? time to bring back the sboya with cole porter music wafting through the potomac evening? wow. all the bad news for the o bob: administration means the g.o.p. nomination is a rize p worth having. weho's definitely running for president on the republican side. plus tell me something i don't know. chris: welcome back. we're close to go or no go time for the republicans, believe it or not andho are
barack and michelle obama. that's right, the first black president has followed in the footsteps of previous presidents known for their elite education, significant personal worth and preppy trappings. franklin dell nor roosevelt, john kennedy and both jorgee bushes. he went to columbia. she went to princeton and both went to harvard law. for the second year in a row they've summered at martha's vineyard. they have that was pi sartorial style under control. barack obama with the jacket over his...
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chris: we have to talk about barack obama. his approval as president took a 2009 nosedive in the summer of health care town halls. >> you want to be led out of here, you're welcome to go. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. wait a minute. >> do you all think you're persuading people when you shout out like that? i beg your pardon? you don't trust me? chris: you saw him trying to deal with it but every politician knows how dangerous those moments can be. >> it was out of control. all those clips showed a politician that seemed to be out of control. >> but then we have to draw a conclusion, were all town hall meetings like this? or just the ones in the cable loop played over and over again? did we create more town hall meetings by continue to play them? >> part of the reason it goes viral so quickly is not totally out of the blue. it's picking up on public dissatisfaction anyway. you have people replaying things because it reconfirms an original political premise. chris: and the scythe gei
chris: we have to talk about barack obama. his approval as president took a 2009 nosedive in the summer of health care town halls. >> you want to be led out of here, you're welcome to go. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. wait a minute. >> do you all think you're persuading people when you shout out like that? i beg your pardon? you don't trust me? chris: you saw him trying to deal with it but every politician knows how dangerous those...
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donald trump finally admits president obama was born in the u.s. but ignites more controversy, falsely claiming hillary clinton started the birther rumors he spread for years. clinton firing back, accusing trump of pushing a racist conspiracy and getting backup from the first lady. >>> emergency gas hike, prices spiking at the pump for millions of americans, after a massive pipeline spill triggers multiple states of emergency. >>> brought back to life. caught on camera, first responders saving a man at the brink of death from heroin overdose. the feds launching a new mission to battle a growing epidemic. >>> and destroying your data. why all that personal information you thought you deleted from your old phone or computer can come back to haunt you. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. today donald trump publicly acknowledged what most americans have accepted at the truth for years. that president barack obama was born in the united states.
donald trump finally admits president obama was born in the u.s. but ignites more controversy, falsely claiming hillary clinton started the birther rumors he spread for years. clinton firing back, accusing trump of pushing a racist conspiracy and getting backup from the first lady. >>> emergency gas hike, prices spiking at the pump for millions of americans, after a massive pipeline spill triggers multiple states of emergency. >>> brought back to life. caught on camera, first...
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chris: president obama's decision to go into iraq made barack obama president. one of the unintended consequences, 9/11 probably led to the probability of iraq happening, being able to be sold to the country any under circumstances. unpopularty led to what i believe as barack obama's unexpected, out of nowhere, selection by the democratic voter over hillary clinton. >> right. it's hard to say what would have happened if that were had not happened. as we know, obama was the only one and touted it during his campaign, i voted no against that war. it was a wrong war. it was a dumb war. chris: senator clinton voted for it and he used that against her. >> that was one of her biggest handicaps. it it is also hard to say what could have happened. maybe if the attention had been on afghanistan from the beginning and not dropped to the iraq war, whether we would have solvedcation or whether we would be out of nenn right now. we don't know any of these things. we don't know what the field would be like in terms of candidates. maybe osama bin laden would have been captured
chris: president obama's decision to go into iraq made barack obama president. one of the unintended consequences, 9/11 probably led to the probability of iraq happening, being able to be sold to the country any under circumstances. unpopularty led to what i believe as barack obama's unexpected, out of nowhere, selection by the democratic voter over hillary clinton. >> right. it's hard to say what would have happened if that were had not happened. as we know, obama was the only one and...
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is this about obama? if all this noise is about the economy and the deficit, why so much hea onlyhe mosque? if it is a partisan divide, why do they bring it back to race? and finally, the call of the wild, could the g.o.p. win too many election this is fall and land too many from the far right in congress? could they bring themselves down and reelect obama, just by flying wild with zany candidates? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us joe klein and katty kay and kelly o'donnell. and reihan salam. quho is driving the -- who is driving the division in the country. what is the motive on the march on washington? what is the up roar about the mosque near ground zero? the critics are unaccountably worked up. >> the people that want to build this mosque. they're maybing a case about supremacy, the nazis don't have a right to put up a sign in the holocaust museum. we wouldn't have japanese putting up a site next to pearl harbour. chris: wh wins from a talk like this? >> this is about restoring honor i
is this about obama? if all this noise is about the economy and the deficit, why so much hea onlyhe mosque? if it is a partisan divide, why do they bring it back to race? and finally, the call of the wild, could the g.o.p. win too many election this is fall and land too many from the far right in congress? could they bring themselves down and reelect obama, just by flying wild with zany candidates? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us joe klein and katty kay and kelly o'donnell. and...
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john said he voted for obama in 2008. he's not sure about 2012. eangry the rusch get richer while others barely get by. >> we need to come into the streets and raise hell because he won't be able to do anything unless there is a movement on the way we spend money in this country. >> reporter: a $35,000 plate dinner and a town hall streamed live on facebook, hosted from facebook headquarters in palo alto took up most of the day. with 19 million facebook friends, a campaign stop like no other. the president did seem to energize this crowd. a crowd that still is hoping for, or looking for hope and change. one woman who was upentity the president was late said after the speech, it didn't matter anymore. she said i'm in. that means she plans to then president get reelected, which is exactly what he was looking for. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. with the president come star power. not only at the masonic center but at the private donor tonight. enter tanners stevie wonder and will i am were among the guests. and within thing we know f
john said he voted for obama in 2008. he's not sure about 2012. eangry the rusch get richer while others barely get by. >> we need to come into the streets and raise hell because he won't be able to do anything unless there is a movement on the way we spend money in this country. >> reporter: a $35,000 plate dinner and a town hall streamed live on facebook, hosted from facebook headquarters in palo alto took up most of the day. with 19 million facebook friends, a campaign stop like...
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imagine being on trial and you look up and one of the jurors is barack obama. i mean, it would just be funny. if i'm in the jury room, jn i should be talking about the evidence, i want to talk about a million other things first. >> exactly. for those reasons he'll get excu excused. >> when you come out, i want to talk weather. >>> today we had mid-80s. tomorrow maybe close to 80 in the warmest spot. we are trending cooler here. tuesday as you wrap up tokt it will be breezy at times during the day. dry conditions at times. that's going to bring in some drier air that means trick or treat time will be a bit chilly. the bigger changes we're talking about show up towards the tend of the next week. starting friday, we'll see the cooling temperatures with rain as things look like now, two to three inches could be possible for the coastal range and the sierra. notice the highs inland. that's the bellwether for how much know we'll get. looks like two to three feet snow possible. >> it's going to be impacting the clean up in the north bay fire victims. >> thank you very
imagine being on trial and you look up and one of the jurors is barack obama. i mean, it would just be funny. if i'm in the jury room, jn i should be talking about the evidence, i want to talk about a million other things first. >> exactly. for those reasons he'll get excu excused. >> when you come out, i want to talk weather. >>> today we had mid-80s. tomorrow maybe close to 80 in the warmest spot. we are trending cooler here. tuesday as you wrap up tokt it will be breezy...
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i think she's better off if obama isn't re-elect. but i do think, 68, she doesn't look like a person who wants to go through the gauntlet of running for national office. and remember, she didn't run a fantastic campaign. chris: how many people have been set up in american politics, senator from new york, secretary of state, first lady and then say i don't want it? >> not many people do. hillary clinton was on the cover of "look" magazine. you guys will remember it. many in the audience won't. that was 1969, three years before they -- she met bill clinton. my point is hillary clinton was ambitious. she had a sense of her trajectory and other people who looked at her similarly had a sense of her tragedy ect roye and destiny decades ago. somebody like that i don't think gets to a certain age and says, you know what? i'm done. time to coast. if she sees an opportunity she will dick -- take it. ing chris: paut -- put it all together would you say take a year off? relax, get in shape, enjoy life, get all this office out of your head and th
i think she's better off if obama isn't re-elect. but i do think, 68, she doesn't look like a person who wants to go through the gauntlet of running for national office. and remember, she didn't run a fantastic campaign. chris: how many people have been set up in american politics, senator from new york, secretary of state, first lady and then say i don't want it? >> not many people do. hillary clinton was on the cover of "look" magazine. you guys will remember it. many in the...
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he flipped 200 counties that obama won and had the biggest electoral landslide on our side of the aisle since ronald reagan. i mean, i get you want to go back and forth on tweets, but the truth is it's irresponsible for john lewis, historic as he is, to have done this. and the other piece of this, chuck, is that barack obama should step up as well and call it what it is. it's wrong what is happening. it's wrong how some of these democrats are treating president-elect trump. we have a great relationship with the white house. i talk to dennis mcdonogh every day. we had a great meeting with the cabinet members and the sitting white house cabinet members on friday. the transfer of power within the white house is going great, but to do this to president-elect trump five days before he puts his hand on the bible is just wrong and the democrats are fund raising on this comment from congressman lewis right now. so they're making money on it. >> let me ask you this, because one of the things that congressman lewis says he will never forget and possibly never forgive that vladimir putin is a stro
he flipped 200 counties that obama won and had the biggest electoral landslide on our side of the aisle since ronald reagan. i mean, i get you want to go back and forth on tweets, but the truth is it's irresponsible for john lewis, historic as he is, to have done this. and the other piece of this, chuck, is that barack obama should step up as well and call it what it is. it's wrong what is happening. it's wrong how some of these democrats are treating president-elect trump. we have a great...
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and thin there's obama the pragmatic american president. that's the barack obama who's looking after america's national security, interest, economic interest. have you the soaring rhetoric and the barack obama who's standing there in front of a stadium full of people saying, you know, or saying, for instance, protesters in the middle east, you can get this done. then you have the barack obama who has got to think about oil prices -- chris: israel. >> and all of that. and they are two different things but you have to learn how to balance both. chris: he has made since the election, as helene pointed out. a couple changes. he did go on to tax cuts to the rich. he did say to the governors this spring or late winter, he said you know gorks ahead. if you don't like the individual man who covers part of this thing in the health care bill, come up with something better. he's opening the door from his change. >> absolutely. if you remember his interview with jon stewart from last year, hey, when we said we promised the american people change you ca
and thin there's obama the pragmatic american president. that's the barack obama who's looking after america's national security, interest, economic interest. have you the soaring rhetoric and the barack obama who's standing there in front of a stadium full of people saying, you know, or saying, for instance, protesters in the middle east, you can get this done. then you have the barack obama who has got to think about oil prices -- chris: israel. >> and all of that. and they are two...
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it's been two years since barack obama was inaugurated. the new president vowed to bring us together. >> on this day we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises that for far too long have strangled our politics. >> in an echo of that same determination from two years ago, the president soared this week in tucson. >> if this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost. [applause] >> let's make sure it's not on the usual plain of politics and point-scoring and pettyness that drifts away in the next news cycle. chris: it was a big week for the president, andrew. do you think he's changed the climate of political discussion s thi country? >> it's too soon to say, i'm afraid. i hope he has. but i will say this -- that i think he's been remarkably consistent for 2 1/2 years in saying that what he really wants to do is say goodbye to all of that red-blue, poisonous toxic hostility. he want to get to a rather boring, if elevated, dialogue about how we solve our pr
it's been two years since barack obama was inaugurated. the new president vowed to bring us together. >> on this day we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises that for far too long have strangled our politics. >> in an echo of that same determination from two years ago, the president soared this week in tucson. >> if this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost. [applause] >> let's...
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obama says he needs time. volunteers in california made 10 million phone calls to battleground states in 2008, helping to win the election. and he is expecting another fierce battle for the white house. >> if you're willing to work even harder than you were in 2008, then we're going to finish what we started. >> reporter: this week, the obama campaign announced it is opening a technology field office here in san francisco, hoping to tap into the bay area's tech talent to help him get re-elected. >> thank you, jean. >>> before the president's big event at the masonic, mr. obama mingled at a top-dollar fund-raiser in pacific heights. 70 of the bay area's wealthiest democratic supporters were there, with one very noticeable and very costly exception. nbc's bay area cheryl hurd is live in san francisco. and it's sort of a personal financial protest, if you will. >> reporter: yes, it is, indeed, jessica. it is not a coincidence that president obama comes here to san francisco, time and time again. there's a lot of
obama says he needs time. volunteers in california made 10 million phone calls to battleground states in 2008, helping to win the election. and he is expecting another fierce battle for the white house. >> if you're willing to work even harder than you were in 2008, then we're going to finish what we started. >> reporter: this week, the obama campaign announced it is opening a technology field office here in san francisco, hoping to tap into the bay area's tech talent to help him...
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that is the biggest problem for president obama. the republicans will say are you satisfied with these three years? are you happy with the journey we have been on? chris: is there a mood that this president is probably going to lose as events take the course? is he headed towards defeat? >> i think there are lots of democrats i talked to who are very worried that with a high unemployment number, with the deficit being front and center that the president is going to play defense the entire time. look, as major was saying, it's very difficult to win an election when you would say, you know what? the other guy, whoever the other guy turns out to be, the other guy would make things worse. chris: you think this is bad? >> yeah, you think this is bad, this could be worse. that is not actually a positive optimistic, hopefully morning in america kind of message, so i think barack obama has his work cut out for him. chris: david to you now, the question is, do they feel like that? do you have a sense that there is a feel out there that the o
that is the biggest problem for president obama. the republicans will say are you satisfied with these three years? are you happy with the journey we have been on? chris: is there a mood that this president is probably going to lose as events take the course? is he headed towards defeat? >> i think there are lots of democrats i talked to who are very worried that with a high unemployment number, with the deficit being front and center that the president is going to play defense the entire...
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an obama win or a loss? would hillary have a better shot in 2016 running to replace obama or to oust romney? be right back. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. chris: that, of course, was bill clinton working his magic wednesday night. many pros tell you if hillary wants to be standing on that stage accepting the nomination four years from now, she can have it. but there's been disagreement about whether getting elected president would be harder or easier for hillary clinton if president obama wins a second term. if he win this is time, americans might follow the pendulum rule and want a republican four years from now. under that rule, they usually oust the party in power. two exceptions, harry truman, and george bush holding it for the g.o.p. after president reagan. it could be easier if he loses in 2012 but she'd have to beat the incumbent mitt romney. tell me how secretary clinton should be thinking
an obama win or a loss? would hillary have a better shot in 2016 running to replace obama or to oust romney? be right back. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. chris: that, of course, was bill clinton working his magic wednesday night. many pros tell you if hillary wants to be standing on that stage accepting the nomination four years from now, she can have it. but there's been...